Home Theater Thread

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Fellow tsikoteers, I visited the Ganzklar store at SM Megamall and they have a promo; buy 1 32 inch Ganzklar LCD TV (1360x768) and get a "free" 26 inch Ganzklar LCD TV. Price is 60k.

Tanong ko lang good buy na ba iyon? Ang specs ng TV nasa www.ganzklar.com.ph. Newbie ako sa mga features ng HDTV eh..
Fellow tsikoteers, I visited the Ganzklar store at SM Megamall and they have a promo; buy 1 32 inch Ganzklar LCD TV (1360x768) and get a "free" 26 inch Ganzklar LCD TV. Price is 60k.

I would rather stick to well known brands such as sony, panasonic,hitachi or toshiba. Madali kasing masira yung mga kakaibang pangalan. Usually the cheaper ones dont last that long.
Other questions:

1.) What's the difference between 1080p Ready and 1080p compatible? May nakita kasi ako sa AVID 32" 1080p Ready. Ang pagkakaalam ko kasi para maging true HD (true HD = 1080p) eh kailangan nasa 40" pataas ang TV mo.

Yung difference between 1080p ready at 1080p compatible is yung tuner. Sa 1080p ready, wala siyang built-in tuner kaya kailangan mo pang bumili ng set- top-box to decode the HD signals kung meron mang nagooffer ng HD services sa mga cable companies natin. Yung 1080p compatible naman, it has a built in tuner so it can just pick up over the air (OTA) HD broadcasting. Hindi ko rin sure if we have OTA HD signals diyan sa atin. Kung meron man it will still be in 720p-1080i format or lower.
Ang ginagawa ng karamihan, bumibili na lang ng 1080p HD DVD players para masulit yung 1080p HDTV nila.

Wala sa size ng Tv ang pagiging HD nila. Tingnan mo lang kung 720p-1080i (which is HD territory already)or 1080p(true HD) compliant.

Iwasan mo rin yung mga "ED" sets, Enhanced definition sets. This will display HD programming but it will downconverted it to a non HD display format.

Meron ding SD set (Standard definition set.) Same thing here. Down converted pa rin kahit may set-top-box ka pa.

2.) Ang LCD TV ba na 32" pataas ay HDTV na din?

Answer is above. But if your not planning to buy a DVD player, HD man o hindi, and just use ordinary cable broadcasts without a set-top-box, the rule of thumb is the bigger your tv is, the more distorted the picture becomes. Pero kung mga 20" TV lang bibilhin mo for sure malinaw ang picture kahit hindi HD broadcasts.

3.) Paano sinusukat ang LCD TV when it comes to their picture quality? Sa resolution ba sya (e.g. 1360x768) or sa kung ilan ang kanyang kayang ioutput na in progressive (e.g. 480p, 720p, 1080p)?

Depende kung anong brand at anong klasse ng TV. Kung titingnan mo visually yung picture ng ibat ibang tv at the same resolution, some are brighter than others , some have better contrast ratios than the other in which both have advantages and disadvantages. Other kinds of Tvs are plasma, flatpanel LCDs,
Rear projection LCD/DLP Tvs,and LCOS. All of which offer different picture qualities.

4.) Ang salamin ba ng LCD TV pag hinawakan o sinundot ng bata eh babaon ba ito parang laptop (babaon or malambot) or matigas ito parang salamin katulad ng sa mga CRT?

Sensitive siya unfortunately. lalo na sa magnets. kaya make sure magnetically shielded yung speakers mo kung itatabi mo siya sa tv.

5.) Meron ba kayong table para malaman kung ilan ang katumbas ng 1360x768, 1024x768 etc... etc.. pag kinonvert sa 480p, 480i, 720p etc.. etc..

Nope. I think these are the number of pixels that a tv can display(1360x768)at one time. Tapos yung mga 480p, 720p is a format on how the picture is displayed, whether progressive or interlaced.
Yung pixel count is higher the better, same goes for format.